Many newer keyboards use standard USB connectors as their interface to the motherboard, but older systems had dedicated keyboard connectors. What kind of port was normally used to connect a keyboard to the motherboard?
A) Mini-DIN
B) 3.5mm TRS
C) DE-15
D) IEEE 1394
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Shouldn’t DE-15 be DB-15(D barrel or D shell)?
The industry has become used to using the “DB” name for any of these connections, but the second letter is actually the size of the connector:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature